I sincerely despise journalists, especially stupid ones.
“Highly aggressive cobra”?
Crap.
“Ecology and behaviour
Monocled cobras are terrestrial and most active at dusk and in the evening.
In rice-growing areas, they hide in rodent burrows in the dykes between fields and have become semi-aquatic in this type of habitat.
Juveniles feed mostly on amphibians, and adults prey on small mammals, snakes and fish.
_When disturbed they prefer to take flight._
*However, when threatened, they will raise the anterior portions of their bodies, spread their hood, usually hiss loudly, and strike in an attempt to bite and defend themselves.*
They are often found in tree holes and areas where rodents are plentiful.
NO snake is “aggressive”.
ALL of them are only defensive.
Every snake on earth will flee, if given half a chance and any “attack” on their part was motivated by the fear of something that they either could not escape or that occurred to them so suddenly they reacted instantly.
People are idiots.
Yes, people are idiots. Uneducated and believing the crap the media tells them over people that actually keep and work with these animals on a daily basis.
Like some CNN reporter is going to know more about a snake than someone that keeps dozens of them...